Would you like to see PWG build a Light-Heavyweight division?

I think every wrestling fed that has a heavyweight championship should have a light-heavyweight or cruiserweight championship too. Should PWG have a Jr. Heavyweight championship? I can think of lots of wrestlers who could qualify, El Generico, B Boy, Human Tornado, Topgun Talwar, Hookbomberry, Quicksilver, PUMA etc. I also think it could add more to the shows.

The guys in bold are nowhere near heavyweight status. And to even consider Excalibur a heavyweight is hilarious. And putting Petey Williams on the list is even more hilarious. This is a pretty dumb idea.

It's really not a dumb idea. It's the exact right idea for the company.

Forget about people's actual size for a minute. PWG has a real problem with a million meaningless matches underneath the big ones. I mean, for example, what is T.J. Perkins' goal in PWG? In the last six months alone, he's tagged with Shelley, Sabin, Hook, Rocky, Frankie, Tornado, Topgun, Fergall Devitt and Bino Gambino. He's faced a couple of those guys, as well. He's just drifting aimlessly through the midcard, and if I'm a T.J. fan, that disappoints the hell outta me.

There's an obvious solution to the pointless, random nature of the midcard: give them something to fight for. You make a light heavyweight belt and suddenly you know what T.J. wants. You know what Koslov wants. You know what Topgun and Excalibur want, and what Generico and Quick and Scorp and Tornado and Scott want. Most of these guys will never be in the heavyweight title picture, so unless they're challenging for the tag belts or are in an ongoing feud, they have nothing to wrestle for. A light-heavyweight belt would solve that.

It wouldn't even have to be a huge, hyped, fly-in-heavy tournament like for the other titles or BOLA; an eight-man tourney on a show with two title matches and one other feature match would work just fine. Just off the top of my head:

Semis of Generico/Quick and Scorpio/T.J., maybe leading to a Scorpio/Quick match. Scorp becomes the heel champ and defends against these guys, fly-ins like Evans and maybe Davey down the line. It makes for one more meaningful match per show and gives about a third of the roster a reason for existing. How the hell would this be a bad thing for PWG?

onlxn wrote:It's really not a dumb idea. It's the exact right idea for the company.

Forget about people's actual size for a minute. PWG has a real problem with a million meaningless matches underneath the big ones. I mean, for example, what is T.J. Perkins' goal in PWG? In the last six months alone, he's tagged with Shelley, Sabin, Hook, Rocky, Frankie, Tornado, Topgun, Fergall Devitt and Bino Gambino. He's faced a couple of those guys, as well. He's just drifting aimlessly through the midcard, and if I'm a T.J. fan, that disappoints the hell outta me.

There's an obvious solution to the pointless, random nature of the midcard: give them something to fight for. You make a light heavyweight belt and suddenly you know what T.J. wants. You know what Koslov wants. You know what Topgun and Excalibur want, and what Generico and Quick and Scorp and Tornado and Scott want. Most of these guys will never be in the heavyweight title picture, so unless they're challenging for the tag belts or are in an ongoing feud, they have nothing to wrestle for. A light-heavyweight belt would solve that.

It wouldn't even have to be a huge, hyped, fly-in-heavy tournament like for the other titles or BOLA; an eight-man tourney on a show with two title matches and one other feature match would work just fine. Just off the top of my head:

Semis of Generico/Quick and Scorpio/T.J., maybe leading to a Scorpio/Quick match. Scorp becomes the heel champ and defends against these guys, fly-ins like Evans and maybe Davey down the line. It makes for one more meaningful match per show and gives about a third of the roster a reason for existing. How the hell would this be a bad thing for PWG?

I never quite thought of it in that light...Excellent point my friend...

I think onlxn makes a good point. But I am still against the idea of another division. I don't like the idea of guys being stuck in certain weight classes and never really getting a chance to fight everybody. Without another division everybody can have a chance to be the best. Everybody can have a chance to be champion. Not be stuck in a certain class because of their weight or size.

CheMateo wrote:I don't like the idea of guys being stuck in certain weight classes and never really getting a chance to fight everybody.

I agree with this, but this doesn't have to be an issue if they don't want it to be. Most feds allow lighter guys to wrestle for heavyweight belts if they choose to -- the barrier only holds the other way. This wouldn't preclude Scorpio Sky from being heavyweight champ or anything.

The point isn't that they're light-heavyweights. The point is that a secondary belt would be a really helpful booking device for PWG. It gives lower-carders something to strive for, and it's a good stepping-stone for rising guys like Scorp or Davey to establish them as threats to the main title. I think "light heavyweight" is a good name for a secondary title, just because it's good to have a kayfabe reason why that champion is secondary, and also because PWG has a shitload of super-entertaining scrawny guys.

Honestly, the only reason not to establish a LHW belt is the expense of making the actual belt. Other than that, it's a real no-brainer.

CheMateo wrote:I don't like the idea of guys being stuck in certain weight classes and never really getting a chance to fight everybody. Without another division everybody can have a chance to be the best. Everybody can have a chance to be champion. Not be stuck in a certain class because of their weight or size.

I think TNA must have thought of this when they made the X Division title.

I too was against this idea but that long speech DID make me realise, hey...he's gotta point. There ARE alot of pointless (while entertaining) matches that don't really do much or mean anything. A secondary title (With no restrictions that anybody can win) would be mighty fine, I'd be all for that personally.

I agree with Jake. I don't think the IC/US Title thing -- a secondary title with the exact same specifications -- makes sense on the indy scene. A huge, established company can do that, because they have enough big stars so that you understand on some level why a midcarder can only go for IC. A mid-sized indy like PWG needs to really make a point of putting over its heavyweight champ as the best of everybody, so I think the secondary belt needs to be restricted somewhat.

Besides, if you look at PWG regulars, the weight differences actually work out pretty perfectly. Here are the guys who are really presented as threats to the heavyweight title:

onlxn wrote:It's really not a dumb idea. It's the exact right idea for the company.

Forget about people's actual size for a minute. PWG has a real problem with a million meaningless matches underneath the big ones. I mean, for example, what is T.J. Perkins' goal in PWG? In the last six months alone, he's tagged with Shelley, Sabin, Hook, Rocky, Frankie, Tornado, Topgun, Fergall Devitt and Bino Gambino. He's faced a couple of those guys, as well. He's just drifting aimlessly through the midcard, and if I'm a T.J. fan, that disappoints the hell outta me.

There's an obvious solution to the pointless, random nature of the midcard: give them something to fight for. You make a light heavyweight belt and suddenly you know what T.J. wants. You know what Koslov wants. You know what Topgun and Excalibur want, and what Generico and Quick and Scorp and Tornado and Scott want. Most of these guys will never be in the heavyweight title picture, so unless they're challenging for the tag belts or are in an ongoing feud, they have nothing to wrestle for. A light-heavyweight belt would solve that.

It wouldn't even have to be a huge, hyped, fly-in-heavy tournament like for the other titles or BOLA; an eight-man tourney on a show with two title matches and one other feature match would work just fine. Just off the top of my head:

Semis of Generico/Quick and Scorpio/T.J., maybe leading to a Scorpio/Quick match. Scorp becomes the heel champ and defends against these guys, fly-ins like Evans and maybe Davey down the line. It makes for one more meaningful match per show and gives about a third of the roster a reason for existing. How the hell would this be a bad thing for PWG?